Operating Grant: European Partnership for Brain Health

Brain disorders are a leading cause of disability and mortality globally, placing a great burden on people living with brain disorders, their families, social relations, professional and informal carers, as well as healthcare systems and national economies as a whole. Furthermore, the current geopolitical and environmental crises as well as increasing economic pressure in many countries worldwide have further aggravated brain health problems, in particular for the most vulnerable.

It is thus crucial to identify the factors that influence brain health throughout life, from prenatal stages to advanced age, as well as methods to monitor them, influence them, or both. Brain health is dynamic and shaped by exposures, behaviours and interventions at every stage of life. Advancing the scientific knowledge about these factors may enable positive changes in brain health trajectories and lead to opportunities for prevention and recovery along the life-course.

The European Partnership for Brain Health (EP BrainHealth) gathers 53 partners from 31 countries, with the common goal of improving brain health for all by developing scientific knowledge as a ground to promote brain health throughout lifetime, to prevent and to cure brain diseases as well as to improve wellbeing of people living with neurological and mental disorders in Europe and beyond.

In this frame, the EP BrainHealth is launching a call in the field of neurodegenerative disorders.

The EP BrainHealth invites applications that combine a holistic approach to brain health with in-depth biological understanding. The aim of the call is to facilitate multinational, collaborative and multidisciplinary research that addresses critical translational questions. Applications for this call, should address how biological, social and environmental factors affect the trajectory of neurodegenerative disorders across the lifespan.

For more information, please consult the EP Brain Health Call for Proposals.